Brisbane residents get peak at busway

Brisbane's newest piece of road infrastructure has been opened for a public inspection, before it opens to buses.

04 May 2008

Brisbane's newest piece of road infrastructure has been opened for a public inspection, before it opens to buses.

Queensland Premier Anna Bligh on Sunday opened the $333 million Inner Northern Busway, which will take 900 buses off city roads every day and save bus passengers up to 20 minutes travel time in peak hours.

The public was allowed to tour the busway stations, underneath King George Square and at Roma Street rail station in the CBD.

Ms Bligh said the site of the King George Square station, underneath Ann Street, had previously been a car park, a World War II bunker and part of the city's earliest water infrastructure.

"There's a lot of history here, but this is now a modern, safe, accessible, state-of-the-art busway for the commuters who live and visit this city," she said.

"It will serve this city for decades.

"This busway is great for those on our buses, but it's a congestion buster for this city ... we will be taking hundreds of buses off our roads and putting them underground."

The project was finished eight months ahead of schedule, allowing buses to begin using the route on May 19.

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